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Delta Wedding (Virago Modern Classics)
1.  Delta Wedding (Virago Modern Classics) by Eudora Welty
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  "Delta Wedding. Eudora Welty. Welty's beautiful sensual prose lingers in memory long after the last page."
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The Good Mother
2.  The Good Mother by Sue Miller
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  "The Good Mother, Sue Miller. Heart-breaking and memorable. Beautiful story, beautiful prose."
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Wandering Between Two Worlds: Essays on Faith and Art
3.  Wandering Between Two Worlds: Essays on Faith and Art by Anita Mathias
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  "Wandering between Two Worlds. Lyrical, pitch-perfect writing chronicles the writer's journey from atheism, to Mother Teresa, to domesticity and art"
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The Book of Ruth (Oprah's Book Club)
4.  The Book of Ruth (Oprah's Book Club) by Jane Hamilton
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  "The Book of Ruth, Jane Hamilton. Another tear-jerker, well-written and beautifully realized."
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Gilead
5.  Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
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  "Gilead. Marilynne Robinson. The perfect cometh. Writing so beautiful and perfect it breaks the heart."
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Housekeeping
6.  Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
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  "Housekeeping. Marilynne Robinson Beautiful and perfect writing. Vivid, sensual, lovely and sad."
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The Stone Diaries
7.  The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
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  "The Stone Diaries. Carol Shields The real world captured in beautiful, vivid, sensuous, memorable detail. Lovely texture."
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The Shipping News
8.  The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
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  "The Shipping News, Annie Proulx. Another of my favourites. Poignant and finely observed."
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Cold Mountain
9.  Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
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  "Cold Mountain.  Charles Frazier. A vivid memorable novel, which sticks in your mind. Great twist at the end"
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Oscar and Lucinda
10.  Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
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  "Oscar and Lucinda, Peter Carey. One of those novels I really really enjoyed reading, a increasingly rare pleasure."
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Harper Perrennial Modern Classics)
11.  Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Harper Perrennial Modern Classics) by Annie Dillard
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  "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Annie Dillard. Retains its magic and freshness. A stylistic original"
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The Name Of The Rose (Vintage Classics)
12.  The Name Of The Rose (Vintage Classics) by Umberto Eco
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  "The Name of the Rose. One of the most fascinating and gripping books I've ever read. A favourite!"
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Middlemarch (Oxford World's Classics)
13.  Middlemarch (Oxford World's Classics) by George Eliot
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  "Middlemarch. The Victorian novel at its best. Unsurpassed insight into character."
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The Mill on the Floss (Penguin Popular Classics)
14.  The Mill on the Floss (Penguin Popular Classics) by George Eliot
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  "The Mill of the Floss. It made me cry as a teen, and still does. Great excursion into the varieties of religious experience."
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Madame Bovary (Penguin Classics)
15.  Madame Bovary (Penguin Classics) by Gustave Flaubert
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  "Madame Bovary. Age has not dimmed the sheer and utter perfection of M. Bovary. A book to definitely read before you die."
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War and Peace (Pocket Penguin Classics)
16.  War and Peace (Pocket Penguin Classics) by Leo Tolstoy
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  "War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy. A century Tolstoy's insight into the human heart is unrivalled."
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The Home and the World (Penguin Classics)
17.  The Home and the World (Penguin Classics) by Rabindranath Tagore
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  "Home and the World. Tagore. A wonderful story made into an equally wonderful movie."
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